1. 19-inch 720p LCD Tv
2. High Gloss White Finish
3. DynaLight Dynamic Backlight Control
4. The AV500 series is a great addition for any home theater, or home office environment

Editorial Review :

19", 720p HD LCD TV, High Gloss White Cabinet, DynaLight Dynamic Backlight Control, PC Input

Customer Review :

Great TV

I bought this a year ago and had no problems whatsoever. Picture quality is very clear and crisp, much better than what I used to have. Easy to use, easy to hook up, good sound, just overall good purchase for what it is. Granted it's not a particularly large screen, it's still great for my bedroom. I mostly use it as a monitor for my laptop when I watch movies but occasionally I'll use it for my PS2 and Wii. Definitely recommend if you're not looking for a larger screen.

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Toshiba 19AV500U loses a channel

Our Toshiba loses its memory for a single channel, interestingly the strongest channel, in our area. The only recourse is to rescan, taking about 2-3 minutes when this happens, and it happens two or three times a week. We tried the double rescan process recommnended by Toshiba and a similar process found on the internet, but neither has fixed the problem.

Contacting Toshiba customer service reveals that to get warranty service on it requires us to send it off, at our cost, to the east coast for servicing. If the service center finds no problem, the service work is on us, also.

I find that to be totally unacceptable, and will live with it until it ticks me off enough and then buy a Sony or Sharp, as I should have in the first place.

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Dead after 1 year

I purchased this TV through Best Buy for much more $$ than it is listed for on Amazon. The TV was great when it was working. After a little more than a year it is dead as a doornail. It sat on my dresser for months. I did not cart it around or jostle it. Then one day it would not turn on. For the amount of money you pay for it, it should last longer than one year. TV's should be more reliable than a $10 coffee maker!!!!

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Toshiba 19AV501V

Loved this TV ... But as noted in other reviews sound quality an volume lacking.gave to my daughter who now loves it in her bedroom.i moved up to a LG 22LH20 nice TV but same lack of volume ..now looking into a soundbar speaker setup

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toshibe tvs are awsome

we have 5 tvs and the 2 toshibas are crisp and clear with great color

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1. CineSpeed, Game Mode, PC Input
2. Dynamic Backlight
3. 3 HDMI Inputs

Editorial Review :

32-Inch 1080P LCD HDTV

Customer Review :

A good option at fair price

I have a good impression of this product, I received a very good offer when I bought this tv, it was an excellent opportunity to change my old tv for a new one that provides the 1080p resolution.

The picture quality is quite good, besides it adjusts automatically to the signal received and it lets you to configure yours preferences, it is easy to use.

The tv fits the latest consoles quite good, despiting the tv works at 60Hz, the image resolution displayed at 1080p looks great.

So far, I didnt find any issues with the HDTV, just the sounds quaility which is a little difficult to figure out how to get the higher performance of the audio in TV.



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Awesome "monitor" for my computer.

Bought it as an upgrade from my 22" dual monitor system. At first I set this thing up as primary and one of my 22" as secondary, but I ended up always just using this 32" TV and keeping the other monitor off.

The picture quality at 1080p is not quite as good as my 22" monitors were at 1680x1050, some images/colors look a little "jpeg"-ish for some reason. After playing with the inputs and re-seating the HDMI cable it seems to be just about perfect, but not quite. For all I know, the problem is with my HDMI-DVI cable, it's not exactly the highest-quality stuff.

Overall this thing is AWESOME for just about anything: watching videos, Hulu, games (Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, Dead Space, etc.), documents (easily 2 full-page side-by-side), web browsing/research (once again, 2 side-by-side), and video-editing. But those intending to use it for more nit-picky stuff like high quality photo editing who need very correct color representation may want to consider something of higher quality (maybe also higher quality HDMI cable...). Average/basic photoshop users should be just fine with this though.

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Good TV overall

We have had this TV for a few months now and it is our first flat-screen. The only major complaint we have is that the sound is not loud enough. We have had the TV turned up all the way on numerous occasions and still can't hear well with other noises in the background. The highest level of volume on this TV would have probably been mid-level for our previous TVs. Another problem we have run into is that when going to change channels the TV will freeze sometimes and the picture will slowly fade out and the TV has to be turned off and then back on again. We got the TV for a great price compared to other sets so even with these problems we still feel like it was a good purchase.

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Cant beat it for the price

We have had this unit for about 7 months now, and i wish i had bought 2 as it is now unavailable. For a 32" full 1080p TV, I dont think you can beat it. The game mode works flawlessly, and a nice plus for my household, it interfaces nicely with our HD-DVD players. The sound is actually better than expected for a unit of this size, and the 3 HDMI ports is a huge plus. If you can find one, buy one!

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GOOD PRICE ,GOOD PRODUCT

This TV Was worth for its cost. The Picture quality is too good but the sound effect is not up to the mark. If u have a Home theater this would be amazing...Good one..enjoy!!!

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1. Plays high-def HD DVD discs for sharper, more detailed picture performance than standard DVD discs ; measures 17.7 x 4.3 x 13.4 inches (WxHxD)
2. Backwards compatible with current DVD and CD formats; upconverts DVD movie discs to near high-definition
3. Ethernet port for upgrades; USB port on front; compatible with MP3, WMA, and JPEG files
4. Connections: composite (1 out), S-Video (1 out), component (1 out), HDMI (1 out), USB, Ethernet
5. DVD offer Dolby True HD/Dolby Digital/DTS decoding; coaxial and optical digital audio outputs

Customer Review :

Stay away!

HD DVD is a dead format! Warner Brothers is going to stop producing HD DVD discs soon. Do a search and you will see many articles about this. The only studios that will be making HD DVD's are Paramount/Dreamworks and Universal. Disney, Buena Vista, Sony, Warner Brothers, New Line, MGM, and Lionsgate all release movies exclusively on Blu-ray.

Do yourself a favor and avoid HD DVD players. The reason the prices are so cheap is that Toshiba knows it is dead and is probably clearing out remaining inventory. You've been warned!

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dont buy it, waste of money

the other comments listed under 1 star are correct, it is a waste of money

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Good Machine, but don't buy this model

This is a very good machine. It will upconvert regular discs to their highest resolution. It works great with a HDTV and a HDMI cable. I bought mine when it first hit the market, so the prices are fabulous. So why not buy this model?

1. Only plays at 1080i. 1080p is the highest resolution. You can get the A20/A30 for a similar price.

2. a LOT of freezing, especially rentals. I don't have many problems with DVDs I own, but rentals freeze 95% of the time.

3. VERY SLOW. You can go to the bathroom and come back by the time the system is ready. When you push a button, WAIT. It recogninzed the command, but it needs a few minutes to think.

If you don't have a HD player (blu-ray or HD-DVD) then I would by the better model or a PS3.

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Two thumbs way way down

I have to say - I have been awaiting my first HD-DVD player for some time with great expectation, and this past Xmas my girlfriend bought this player for me.

The first experiences I have had have been really disapointing.

The unit constantly locks up for seemingly no reason requiring hard power downs (yank the plug). It gets very confused as to what resolution it really should run in when playing regular dvd's. The HDMI function is not really usable as it is (I ended up running component through my Denon to upscale because I could not get the player to work correctly with HDMI).

It will not play any of the new HD-DVD's like The Bourne Ultimatum, or Transofrmers without a firmware upgrade, which seems to be impossible to install. Why on earth Toshiba didn't include a firmware upgrade CD with a currently shipping unit is beyond comprehension. I can only assume that they expect the internet upgrade to actually works, however it does not.

On the bright side Toshiba makes the firmware easy to find on google. The issue, however, comes when you try to actually install the new firmware. After a frustrating weekend trying both the internet upgrade (which just flat out seems to not work at all - I suspect that Toshiba changed the name of the server it is supposed to use to download the firmware and it just can't locate the server), and trying three different computers, 3 different ISO CD Writers, and close to a dozen CD-R's - the firmware remains stubornly un-updatable.

I'd have to say that this is one of the worst hardware experiences I have ever had. Toshiba should be ashamed that they have released a product so poorly designed, supported, and un-updatable.


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Great item for a great price

I got this product for christmas and have been very satisfied with it since then. I have a 720p Optoma HD70 projector (100") that I use with the hddvd player, so I know I am not seeing the entire capacity of the HDDVD player, but let me tell you... going from a regular phillips dvd player with an "upconvert" to this... wow.

I am a college student and have movie nights every sunday night with my friends and they have all noticed a significant difference. The upconvert is slightly better, I would say probably at 15% at best, and seeing the few HDDVDs that I have bought since I got this have shown me how great it is. Transformers looks incredible and Planet Earth is just something else. I am sure that it looks even better on a real 1080p and will probably give it a look whenever I go back home, since my dad has a 57" 1080p TV at the house.

Pros:
-Price
-Fantastic Quality
-Better upconvert (you will never get HDDVD quality with regular DVD, but it does a good job of making it the best it can be)

Cons:
-Size (kinda big)
-When I first tried using this product, I got sound with no video and was very confused. It still does this but I have figured out what to do. Even tho it is technically "playing" I have to push the play button to get it to play on the video. Minor inconvenience but whatever... I bought it refurbished and thats probably the reason.

Conclusion:
I want to give this 4.5 stars not 4, it is a great product, especially with the price. I just didnt like how big it was and that I had to make adjustments to get it to play, but I am sure no one else has this problem so I only mention it in the event someone does and goes WTF?! I am a big movie buff and love watching them, so take it from me when I say that this is a perfect buy. I doubt you need the newer more expensive products that are out unless you really need it to be smaller.


Equipment:
Optoma HD70 Projector (720p 100") ~ am using about 85"
The wall (no projector screen)
RCA HDMI Link Cable

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Editorial Review :

Product Features 26" 16:9 Wide Screen 720P Resolution 1000:1 Contrast Ratio HDMI Input PC input for computers Technical Details Unit Dimensions with stand (WHD) in.: 26.81 x 20.23 x 8.93 Unit Dimensions without stand: 26.81 x 18.52 x 3.91 VESA? Mounting Pattern2 200 x 100 mm Unit Weight: 19.4 lbs Product Description 26" LCD TV with Built in DVD Player

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1. 19" LCD HDTV/DVD Combo
2. Built-in slot Loading DVD Player
3. High Gloss White Finish
4. DivX Certified
5. HDMI Input

Editorial Review :

The elegant design of the 19LV506 is the perfect complement to your kitchen decor, and you won't have to compromise shelf or counter space for style and performance. Multi digital tuning allows for tuning of standard cable channels as well as off-air digital broadcasts, in addition to digital "cable-in-the-clear" broadcasts. Using PC input, the 19LV506 can be used in conjunction with a computer, and the A/V input, HDMI and component input can be used for gaming and receiving HD broadcasts. The built-in DVD player makes this LCD HDTV a convenient and feature-rich viewing solution.

Customer Review :

surprising good for the money

This is a smallish TV and is fine for a smallish room. Very good picture, adequate sound, DVD player does what it's supposed to. Our only complaint is that channel-changing is very slow and there's no toggling between two channels. Amazingly good instruction booklet! An all-around bargain.

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Very Happy!!

This item was a gift to my sister in California who lives in a wooded area - the TV got to her just fine and she loves it - Comcast came out and hooked up her cable and told her it was one of the best TVs they have seen. They said that the tuner inside was so great that she was able to pickup signals that other's could not - Based on her satisfaction with the Tv - I would highly recommend it!! - My sister was very happy which makes me very happy.- Thank you for the fast shipping and excellent product at such a great price.

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Mistaken Purchase

Great picture, streamlined look, easy setup, but lack of volume makes this set useful in only smallest of rooms.

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built in dvd player will not accept dvds

I have had this tv for almost 1 year I bought it in marh of 2009 and it worked great until now the dvd player will not accept any dvds I dont want to have to pay so much to ship it in so I am probablly just going to get a standalone dvd player to use with it since the dvd plyer quit working and I have seen so many reviews with bad quality for the built in dvd player portion of thias tv and you can get a much better dvd player which is a standalone dvd player without it being built into the tv

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Great price and good product.

I will recommend this vendor. He delivered as promised. The TV that I bought was used so I wasn't sure in what condition the product will be. To my surprise it was almost like buying a new TV at a discounted price. I love it.

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